Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara appointed Patrick Wong to serve on the board of governors for the California Insurance Guarantee Association.
Patrick Wong
Wong is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary…
The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board adopted superseding emergency telemedicine rules that it says will prevent health and safety risks through social distancing.
The WCB earlier in April announced that…
Employer representatives told California lawmakers that it’s not appropriate to codify gender-based benefit increases into the state’s workers’ compensation law to address gender-based earning disparities.
Faith Borges, a lobbyist for the…
The Workers Compensation Research Institute said the COVID-19 pandemic could explain the increase in temporary disability benefit duration it found in 2020.
Although TD duration was fairly stable from 2015 to…
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could receive a schedule loss of use award because he received a nonschedule permanent partial disability classification but no nonschedule award…
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a steelworker was not entitled to a greater amount of permanent partial disability benefits for his occupational hearing loss.
Case: Bowen v. Huntington Alloys…